Barcelona were willing to part with around £114m, yet the Reds have remained firm in their stance he is not for sale.

However, if Liverpool do eventually offload Coutinho for what would be the second most expensive transfer in history, Reds legend Thompson has identified four players who he feels could improve Jurgen Klopp’s side with the money.

Celtic agree Roberts loan deal

The Scottish champions have reached an agreement with Manchester City for the 20-year-old to spend another season in the Scottish Premiership and will be unveiled early next week according to the Daily Record.

Çeltic fans feared they would miss out on his signature as Southampton and a number of clubs across Europe were chasing his signature.

Roberts lit up Parkhead during a loan spell last season and was a key member of the Invincibles side which stormed to the Treble.

De Boer: Palace want Burke

The former Forest star, now 20, joined German club Red Bull Leipzig for £13m last August on a five-year contract.

He was a bit-part player in the team which finished second in the Bundesliga and has now been told he can leave.Palace are looking to strengthen their squad after the crushing opening day defeat to Huddersfield – and with Wilf Zaha out injured.

And asked about Burke, De Boer said: “He’s a very young promising Scottish player. He had a great season at Leipzig thought he didn’t play all the matches. I don’t know. He’s from GB so always interesting to see those kind of players. Maybe. But we are focusing also on other players.”

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14:53

A done deal in League Two from earlier.

Jordan Flores has swapped Oldham for Chesterfield.

Flores, 21, can play either on the left-hand side of defence or as a midfielder.

14:38

Boateng joins Frankfurt

Kevin Prince Boateng has joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a three-year deal.

Boateng left Spanish side Las Palmas this week to return to Germany for family reasons.